General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava Learns of Ryan’s Machinations While ‘Sprina’ Share a Kiss
Tuesday’s episode of General Hospital featured fabulous performances from Maura West (Ava), Jon Lindstrom (Ryan/Kevin) and Alley Mills (Heather), a heart-tugging moment from Donell Turner (Curtis), and the pick-up of the Sprina kiss as Trina and Spencer FINALLY share a lip-lock and admit their feelings for one another.
With this clearly being a February Sweeps episode, the long-running daytime drama which is about to turn 60 this April, brought to light to the key residents of Port Charles, that Heather is the ‘hook’ killer, and the mother of Esme (Avery Pohl), while Ryan is Esme’s father. All of this was set against the backdrop at Wyndemere.
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In story, Heather tells Ava that Ryan is the one who is responsible for destroying her life. Heather reveals that Ryan insinuated himself into her marriage to Nikolas. Realizing what Heather is saying, Ava takes up Heather’s offer and takes the gun from her and goes to find Ryan. Meanwhile, Ryan has found Esme in the woods and she reveals her water broke and is about to have her baby.
Ava comes upon the two of them, and tells Ryan to get away from Esme or she’ll blow his head off. Next, Ava is stunned to learn the relationship between Esme and Ryan. It all dawns on Ava, that Ryan used Esme to destroy her relationship with Nikolas.
Esme makes a run for it, leaving Ava in a face-off with Ryan. He becomes upset. Ava ask him how it feels to lose someone he truly loves, referring to his murder of her daughter, Kiki. Next, an overcome and emotional, Ava shoots Ryan in the back of the arm. Ryan figures out she must have killed Nikolas since he is nowhere to be found, and boasts that nothing is in their way to finally be together. However, Ava pulls the trigger again.
Meanwhile, back at Wyndemere, Heather is placed under arrest. Austin (Roger Howarth), who was attached by the ‘hook,’ is taken by paramedics and Felicia (Kristina Wagner) goes with him at Mac’s (John J. York) request to keep her safe and away from Ryan.
Kevin and Laura (Genie Francis) have gone to Wyndemere after learning along with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), that Heather was the ‘hook’ and the relationship between Esme and Ryan, and then eventually Heather.
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At the Savoy, Curtis, who is getting drunk, is visited by Marshall (Robert Gossett). He informs his father of what happened with Portia (Brooke Kerr), and how she lied all these years that he could be Trina’s (Tabyana Ali) father. Curtis says it’s unforgivable, but Marshall tells him to not throw Portia away so fast. In tears, Curtis hugs his father for being there for him.
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Trina and Spencer (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) finally give in to their feelings and passion and make out. However, Spencer puts a stop to the proceedings. He tells Trina he doesn’t want her to lose her virginity in an art gallery and wants everything to be perfect for her. Spencer shares that he doesn’t want to be the guy who took advantage of her while she is reeling from her conversation with Portia. Trina says she doesn’t know where to go for the night, but Spencer says he has an idea. They head to the pier so Spencer can take Trina to Ava. When they get there, they learn from Alexis that Esme is Ryan and Heather’s daughter.
What did you think of Ava confronting Ryan and the truth coming to light about Heather, Ryan and Esme’s connection? What did you think of the long-awaited kiss between Trina and Spencer? Share your thoughts on the episode in the comment section below.
Best soap by far. No idea why the CBS soaps have more viewers. GH is far superior.
totally agree!
I also totally agree.
the episode was exiting to watch although I know they have to balance it out, Curtis is and was a total bored. this guy is such a baby, I know in the real world no one wants to be lied to about anything so its not that so much that is wrong with Curtis its more his attitude, he’s a little self righteous and real quick to cut off anyone who lies to him, omg, what a boring dude, Jordan and portia can do better.
or just get plain bored of men and turn to each other
Yea yr right ! And if yr a Mother you always know yr children come first !!!!!
His justification (in his mind) is Portia knew how he felt about Jordan’s secrecy and dishonesty. Then Portia does the same thing. I get it.
I’ll take Taggert over Curtis any day. Taggert is actually a grown up. Curtis’s daily goal seems to be to strike a pose. Every time I see him I hear that song,” I’m Too Sexy.” I fully expect him to grab Marshall’s hat and start singing,” I’m too sexy for this hat.” Good thing Curtis doesn’t own a cat.
Harry,
You are too funny! Curtis has been bugging me too lately. Hope they don’t do a DNA, although I think Curtis can legally demand one. What a spoiled brat he’s turned in to.
Lot of reveals and lots of fun!
Kiss, meh. Curtis, hypocrite. Taking mob money? Yes. Portia’s lie is bigger. But lying is still lying. Curtis’ could get him killed.
I truly hope this is the end of Ryan Chamberlain. Who would have guessed that a brilliant psychopath could be so boring? And the Sprina kiss was anti-climactic for me, since this revised coupling has little charisma. Spencer needs someone older.
I guess I’m in the minority on here because I enjoyed the Sprina kiss. It was long over due! Spencer Trina Joss and Cam are around the same age. Why would Spencer want an older woman?
You are not. Some of us I have just been lurking here for sometime without comment. But I am on my Sprina high, so I’ll engage briefly. The kiss was definitely long over due and sweet.
VBD,
What spoiled woman ?
There were no surprises with Ryan at Spoon Island. Crazy Heather had already bragged she was The Hook and she and Ryan were Esme’s parents. Now that that’s been revealed, why are they bringing the Nanny into the story? Also, why is Austin so interested in Ava, except for Nickolas whom I’m sure he’s saved and has stashed away somewhere and also the connection with his crazy “cousin”?.
Curtis, Portia, et all, who cares? , and Trina and Spencer, yuk! That whole story is more than boring. I used to love Curtis, but his self- righteousness is disappointing. Am liking Taggert more and more but don’t feel Portia deserves his understanding or forgiveness. Stupid little Trina is so much like Curtis, they surely are related.
We got a whopper of a surprise on Wednesday’s episode. Did anyone predict Ryan’s lifetime of terror to end by being shot by Mac? Kudos to the writers for the “it had to be you” line. That was a worthy acknowledgment to the 30 years Ryan has traumatized Felicia and Mac. John York and Jon Lindstrom performances were both outstanding with Mac’s explaining to Kevin how he killed his brother. I didn’t think they’d permanently off Ryan, but as a long time viewer, I’m impressed with the thoughtful way it was done.
Brook Kerr and Real Andrew’s brought their A game, too. Although their romance never played out on screen, their performances on Wednesday made me feel I was witnessing a couple with deep history.
Throw in the soapy birthing scene and Avery Pohl’s amazing transformation as Esme, Ava jumping from one catastrophe to another, and Scotty’s tough fatherly like love of Elizabeth- all contributing to the episode of the year.
THIS is how you do sweeps!
Violet, hi 🙂
I agree 100- Trina and Spencer are yuk= horrible.. the worst couple ever created..
And—Austin, poor guy he hasn’t been with a woman in a sexhold like forever..
It comes down to a man’s needs lol.
And Curtis, and Portia, are a total bore, worse than watching paint dry..
GH needs to dump all the boring couples and start over.
I want Sonny and Ava to couple up-both would meet their match and give some intrigue if they got their mob spine again. I’ve wanted that for years..
Trina and Spencer, “yuk?, “boring”, and “the worst couple EVER created?”. This is laughable. Glad MANY others don’t agree, because we’re are CLEARLY NOT watching the same show. But thanks for laughs, I needed it. (Shout out to Sprina lol)
Sal,
To each his own and if you were paying attention, you’ld realize that “many others” don’t agree, with you!
And you’re as well (especially to social medial and not this comment section) you would not be quick to say many agree with you, lol.
Anyone referring to Sprina as the “worst couple ever” has obviously not seen the short-lived pairings of:
Sonny & Emily
Luke & Felicia
Courtney & anyone not named AJ
Violet—
I have discussed this with Soaphound? I think?—why is Austin so interested in Ava, indeed!! Something is afoot here and it has to do with Austin’s weird cousin—-I doubt the writers even know what that is themselves, yet.
I also said that the closet/storage room Nikolas’ body is in; isn’t. I don’t think he is dead. That room has a secret door. When Dante breaks the lock tomorrow, the body will not be there. And, if that’s the case, why did Austin say Nikolas was dead? Hmmm—we shall see.
Celia,
I’m really stymied on this one, especially with Austin’s cousin involved. Is he holding Nicholas for ransom or what? We could speculate forever here, the mind boggles. The other day it looked like Austin didn’t even know old Cuz had Nic. I’ve been thinking that Austin’s real interest in Ava is mainly to protect her from him. Also I always liked Roger Howarth and Maura West’s interaction.
Hey, Violet—Yeah, this cousin thing is very puzzling “everywhichway” you look at it.
Just when I think that Austin had no part in Nik’s disappearance, I begin to have doubts again. How did Mason know Nikolas’ “dead” body was in that storage area?–unless he was in cahoots with Austin?
By the same token, your thinking makes a lot of sense, too. Something is brewing —-and Austin IS trying to protect Ava.
Why did Mason take Nikolas and put him on life-support?
I think Mason came to town specifically for Ava and Austin knew it. I have no idea why, but Ava “killing” Nik was an unexpected gift for Mason. He could be holding Nik for ransom—or blackmail—-Mason gets what he wants ( whatever that may be) from Ava or he sings to the cops. I think Austin may have reluctantly agreed to help Mason, but now regrets it—Austin developed a “thing”‘for Ava?
And, yes–Roger and Maura seem to get on well, as he did with M Stafford—I felt the same sort of congeniality between himself and cast members on OLTL. Maybe that’s what Ava needs—no more smokin’ hot guys?? LOL—Albeit, comatose Nikolas is far from holding that title. I liked Coloma.
Celia,
I’m guessing about all this too. I think it’s driving us crazy because we really don’t know how close these two cousins are and how unwilling a participant Austin really is. I think I remember Mason being there the night Ava wacked Nicholss over the head and he followed Austin out to the tackroom. I’ve just assumed he took Nicholas with him, keeping him under wraps and on life support, but for whom is where I get stuck.
As I said I liked Ava and Franco when they were buddies and he was painting and she encouraged his talent.
All great points, Violet—You see things a lot clearer than I. It didn’t even dawn on me that there’s a “higher power” directing Mason, albeit it was hinted many a time. I’m a little slow?? Or inattentive–LOL.
I remember Austin, at one point, telling his cousin, “I’m out”.
Who could this mystery person be? A Cassadine rival? An old enemy? I mean, this family has so many nemeses around the globe, it could be anyone—
Yes, Franco and Ava were buddies—perhaps the PTB are trying to cultivate that phenomenon with her and Austin.
Celia,
When this Mason first came on, someone suggested he might be with Dawn Of Day, and previously, Austin too, but apparently he wanted a new life here in P.C but sure went about it the wrong way,attempting to get money from the Q’s, claiming his father being a Gatlin-Holt was part of the family. All I know is Mason is trying to pull Austin back in by any means. I’m dying to know the mystery person or persons pulling MASON’S strings.
Oh, Violet–I wan’t aware someone thought of a connection between Dawn of Day and the two cousins. Good one!! Makes sense.
I’m with you; someone is definitely pulling Mason’s strings. Does this someone also have a connection to Nikolas?
Celia,
I know this story is just developing but it’s very interesting to me.The way it looks so far is that Mason is fixing up Nicolas and will offer him up to the highest bidder, his mom or Uncle Crank ??
Yes. It could be as you suspect, Violet. However, I don’t think it will be that straight and simple. They never are…..but, one never knows with these writers. If they cannot correct simple grammar, which drives me up the wall—and I don’t mean typos of which I make tons), then anything goes. You are giving them too much credit. Once in a blue moon, TPTB have truly stunned and surprised me by the clever writing and plots—so….
Anyway, where does that leave Ava? Mason could possibly blackmail Ava and hold Nik for ransom; thus, simultaneously collect from Laura or his uncle, too. Maybe?? But, your guesses are always superior to mine.
Celia,
You’re being too nice. I know what a stickler you are about grammar and I know I’m a big offender. These days I’m lucky to get one word in front of the other, and my feet are even worse. My guesses aren’t any better than yours, my mind just goes in a different direction maybe. We knew from the get go ,that Mason was bad news, even towards his own cousin, if that is even true, and what does he really want from Austin ? I love a good mystery, and this is one! Do I care where Sonny gets his guns, etc from? No, I could care less but this intrigues me. As far as Ava, I don’t know if he’s even decided how to utilize her best.
Oh, Violet—I am not targeting you or any of the posters—I think everyone here is very well spoken, grammatically and otherwise. It’s some (not all) actors and writers. I’m not perfect—no one is–i guess all the years of teaching —well, you know.. it’s just so incredible how simple grammar has become such a burden for many.
—gets me a little crazy when I hear our youth speak. Academia, in general, is going downhill in this country–even teachers, today, have no grasp on grammar. Ergo, it’s no wonder we’ve fallen fortieth, globally—old school education is no more. This is the only country which stops teaching grammar after Middle School. They’re more concerned about destroying our history and how we came to be, good or bad. We should learn by our past mistakes, not bury them.
It pains me!! So, forgive me if I sound too full of myself or derogatory—not my intention❤️
Anyway, you’re right—Mason doesn’t know how Ava fits into all this travesty. The writers do this time and again…They throw a bone without a strategic plan of events.
I, also, think that Austin’s presence had a devious purpose originally. Could he have been working, in tandem, with Mason? But, somehow he changed his mind? Maybe, Austin has come to love and appreciate the people of PC?
As yourself, this plot has piqued my interest, as well.
I like Donell Turner and the character of Curtis, but he often doesn’t rise to the occasion when there’s dramatic moments or powerful scenes. Make us feel Curtis’ pain – don’t just act.
Anybody else not feeling the chemistry with Spencer and Trina? The awkwardness reminds me of the attempt to pair Ethan and Kristina. Lexi continued to look more like a teenager while Nathan had seemed much older. Kind of getting that same vibe with Nicholas and Tabyana. Wardrobe selection doesn’t help.
As for the Spoon Island Saga… looks like we’re nearing the end of the road with Heather’s current run. I find it hard to accept she was “the hook” all along. Why wasn’t Ryan furious with her for attacking his beloved Ava? They’ve already set the groundwork for Esme’s complete redemption (daddy brainwashed her). She and the baby will probably move in with Uncle Kevin and Laura (although with Charlotte there, how much room is there really?)
Happy to see two storylines come to key “conclusions” during Sweeps.
Chemistry is definitely subjective because Spencer and Trina are only reason I am tuned into GH. Yes, she is tiny compared to him and a lot of the cast, wardrobe makes her look younger at times and she is soft spoken but I love that when she needs to stand up to Spencer and give him reason, she knows how to get her point across in a calm and stern manner. Kind of like old clips I saw of Lila and Edward Q.
Welcome back to Hell, Ryan!
Passion? What passion? There’s not one iota of passion emanating from “unsexy” nuTrina—-in simpler terms: Spencer is too hot for her.
Aside—-another huge neonate. Esme’s baby was not only looking around and smiling, he was kicking, and actually holding his binky ~~~newborns cannot focus~~their vision is blurry because they are nearsighted. And, they can grasp as a reflex, but not hold. This baby actually “talks”—LOL.
These are super babies—-just stick to dolls , please!! I try very hard to suspend reality. But, two enormous neonates~~one after the other? I’m pretty sure it’s the same baby wearing different colored caps.
Spencer “too hot” for Trina? lol. Your vision must not be too strong, lol. Yes, he is handsome but she is just a beautiful. But keep your eyes close.
Oh, Saaaal? LOL –This is an opinion site and my opinion is-: Trina does not strike me as beautiful. Isn’t freedom of thought wonderful?? We are in Soapland— Not in Eric Blair’s Oceania!! Big Brother ain’t getting in my head!!
So, you want me to keep my eyes close? Close to what? Do you mean closed? Do not tell me what to do. Actually, I don’t have to keep them closed—I simply FF her scenes—That saves me from commenting.
Please note that we all get along here—We opine-We agree or disagree, civilly, not cut each other up!! And, I always defend myself.
By the by??? Spencer IS too hot for this Trina. My opinion!!
I do notice you all get along on here. I often wonder why? I just figured for a while now that misery likes company and their eyes shut, lol. Take care, beauty queen!
How did you guess, Sal? ( obviously your name cannot be Salvatore, The Savior? A relative of the actress? The actress herself?) I was a beauty queen at Prom–Thanks for the compliment.
I doubt any of us is miserable—however, I’m sure you have noticed that we are all well-spoken and educated, here–So, we do have a brain—we exchange thoughts–“The lady doth protest too much, methinks””. ( Hamlet)–I love Willy.
Nonethess, SAL!!— it takes a lot more than your indirect jabs to bring me down. I’ve been to hell and back, ergo, I am immune to your words of insecurity.
Relax!! Enjoy your newfound distraction in GH—love it!!
Oh, pardon the typos–“gotta run”–lunch break almost over–
Prom? Compliment? Ok, lol! Just fyi, not related to the actress or know her personally but I don’t need to be to speak for her. Your “opinion” and others about her looks are rude and uncalled for; and I relax while serving it back to you “educated, well spoken” insecure soap nutcases who are not even astute enough to consider the young actress might read this comment section. Take care!
NuTrina “unsexy” and Spencer too hot for her? Lol. Are you projecting?
In any case, I find the story written for Sprina like an old school romance. I adore their interactions. I love how they see the good in each other and want the best for each other. If that’s boring to some of yall, too bad, lol. There are enough crazies in town that y’all can pick from. I think the two actors work well together. And their kiss was exactly what it needed to be, sweet and sensual.
PS—Curtis—I used to have so much respect for him—beautiful man and character. But, it seems that it’s always everyone else’s fault~~He has risen so far above all others, it’s sickening.—what a snobbish narcissist—He is now targeting Jordan for the second time. WOW—-this guy can do no wrong. So pure!!
Hi Celia ! 🙂
Curtis irks me because-
He wears man jewelry..yuk
Diamond earrings and neck chain, seriously not cool, nope..
Oh Celia, I fear our formerly dear Curtis is turning into another Michael…too good for the likes of mere mortals. Hey, how about Ava and Spencer becoming allies? I’m liking it.
Well, my beautiful friend~~~ methinks, as per SusieQ, all that jewelry may be getting to Curtis’ head, LOL. Soon enough he’ll be wearing a diamond-studded crown. I’ve heard that such “lofty” men wear diamond studs in very “fragile” places. Hmmmm—makes me wonder…yeah….
Except for aunt Stella, I’n not liking that entire family, which in my opinion, is en par with Carly’s. Uffa!!
Any scenes with Maura West are mesmerizing Ava and Ryan scenes were can’t miss. Brooke Kerr was equally impressive with the paternity reveal. I do think Curtis and Nina have a ton more chemistry than Portia and Curtis or Sonny and Nina
Angela Y,
“Curtis and Nina”? Are you kidding? How about Sonny and Liesel?
I don’t know how I stumbled upon GH, but glad I did. Love Sprina and so happy they finally got to share their long awaited kiss.
Glad I found GH last year. Loved getting to follow the Sprina story. Glad that they got to share their first kiss. It was worst the wait.
Worth the wait
Sal,
All this time and we’re just now hearing your drivel? “Long awaited Sprina kiss? ” I could have waited a lot longer, that’s for sure! Those two have no chemestry, no nothing, they don’t even look good together, he being so tall and thin and Trina being the little squatty runt she is. Maybe if she dressed more becoming her size and shape, it would help. Lastly, love the advice you gave Celia to keep her eyes closed because that’s what a lot of us are doing when those two get too CLOSE. I use my FF
Keep using it (the ff) and keep your eyes shut, makes no difference to me or the rest of us that do see their chemistry. I’d suggest you ff the whole show cause you seem very angry. It’s not worth the stress, lol.
LOL—indeed. We are all having fun here and we are definitely not nut-cases. I would have answered earlier,Sal, but I was in class this morning—-so sorry—nonetheless, your tirade is not necessary—you are taking our criticism waaay too personally.
Not worth the stress? No one else is stressed out except you. Why is that?
As far as my previous post—Prom? Compliment? That’s what you wrote—-right?
I guess you don’t appreciate sarcasm; MY sarcasm—It’s called poetic license, ergo you have difficulty differentiating realism from the abstract.
Funny how everyone else can read each other’s “thoughts” and between the lines.
Thus, I suggest you stick to your other social media “outlets” or “inlets”, whatever you desire, if this site stresses you out. It’s that simple. Not healthy. Hope you feel better.
Let’s start a new discussion here. Is it right for Esme to take Ace with her or leave him with Laura where his safety is guaranteed ? I think Spencer is being more spiteful than just showing brotherly concern.
Prison obviously isn’t the best place for a baby. Even a place like Spring Ridge which doesn’t seem to be a “tradtional” prison. Spencer’s not really equipped to raise a child on his own at the moment either. The kid would probably be better off with Laura & Kevin right now. And since they’re both blood relatives of the child, they shouldn’t have any problems making the case.
It didn’t even occur to me why Laura was sympathizing with Esme until she said it yesterday… this whole situation is “triggering” her own memories of Nikolas being born while she was a prisoner of the Cassadines, and how she ultimately had to leave him behind when she escaped the island. Of course none of that ever happened on screen… it was a backstory they made up when teenage Nikolas appeared out of nowhere to save baby Lulu’s life in the 1990s. So Laura might be “advocating” for Esme’s rights as a mother, but that still doesn’t mean the kid should be in prison. It probably will be a case of Laura & Uncle Kevin convincing Esme that little “Ace” (does the kid have a real name yet??) is better off with them until she’s done with her “legal obligations”.
The writers are missing a really interesting beat. Elizabeth should’ve told Esme that although they are not related to each other, both share a brother (Steven Lars). A newly recast SL could be transferred to Spring Ridge as he awaits parole after serving 10 years for the organ harvesting scheme.
At the very least have Liz tell Esme they share a brother and Liz was married to Esme’s other brother. That is one nutty hospital.
Satan,
Thanks for the info. I never realized that all that stuff with Laura was a backstory and never on screen. I wasn’t watching during that time, just before and after. This SL is very complicated but interesting, now claiming that Spencer is the baby dad, will make it even more so, also Maggie appearing to stir the pot.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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